The Project

The Rites & Passages of LGBTQI migrants in Britain

Rainbow Pilgrims is a landmark project that discovers the hidden history of LGBTQI migrants in the UK past and present. The project intends to cover the period from the first Jewish Kindertransports to Britain (1938-1940) to today.

Supported by The National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and hosted by Liberal Judaism (LJ).

Rainbow Pilgrims explores the narratives around ‘rites and passages’, documenting the interconnection between faith, sexuality, gender and ethnicity by using oral history, film and photography. Rainbow Pilgrims culminates in a touring exhibition with pop-up events, a symposium, cutting-edge learning tools and an archive collection.

This collection will be the first source of LGBT and migration in a faith context in Britain.

"Do you know the meaning of the colors of the rainbow flag?" Navid from Iran, who got a negative decision from an asylum officer just got a positive decision by the court. @SOGICA1 https://t.co/UqYtaBkMMj

Featured Partners:

Volunteer For Rainbow Pilgrims

We are looking for enthusiastic and dynamic volunteers for our latest landmark project Rainbow Pilgrims that celebrates the ‘hidden history’ of LGBTQI migrants.

In return for your time, we can offer you free, professional training, and will also cover your out of pocket expenses. The project runs until May 2018; volunteering hours can be flexible, but you will have to be able to commit yourself to a minimum of 6 months participation.